Black Panthers’ legacy, image at issue in feud over historic sites
An effort to memorialize the Illinois Black Panther Party has exposed a divide over how to preserve its legacy — and who should tell its story.
I'm a reporter and editor studying Journalism and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University. I am currently a general assignment reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, where I have worked on national stories like the UAW and WGA strikes, as well as stories on local events and issues. I have also worked as a multiplatform editing intern at the San Francisco Chronicle, a reporting intern at Sound Publishing in Washington state, and as the Summer Editor in Chief, Print Managing Editor and the Campus Editor at The Daily Northwestern. I have covered labor, activism, law, politics and much more. I am a member of NLGJA and ACES.